A three piece set of tattooing equipment. The first piece (part a) is a rounded bowl end part of a coconut nutshell that is holding some black substance. The second piece (part b) is a flat light brown wood stick with a hollow cylindrical bone piece at the other end that is cut away at diagonally with four teeth at the longer end. The third piece (part c) is a long flat brown wood stick.

A simple brown circular piece, creating a bracelet-like effect. The sides are flat and carved with an exterior design consisting of a zig zag pattern.

Dark brown shell cut in half, twisted and woven handle attached to one side. Fan-shaped handle has two double longitudinal ridged rows. Shell has a point at the end with three equally spaced vertical ridges around the sides.

Half a shell, finely polished, with a small knob at the top. The shell is dark brown and rounded.

Half of a coconut shell that has been hollowed out. On the outside of the coconut shell, there are three indentations near the centre. One edge is jagged and burnt. There is a small hole at the top of the coconut shell.

Bowl made of a coconut shell with opening around 3/4 of the way from bottom. Twined string loop through two holes on either side of the rim and is knotted at the centre; outer surface is decorated on either side of each set of holes with four horizontal short lines.

Round bowl with brown coloured coconut shell sides. Both the top and bottom rims are lined with metal, as is the inside of the bowl. Carved into the coconut shell are alternating sections of bamboo(?) plant designs and Chinese characters in both green and cream. The underside of the bowl has four evenly spaced scalloped feet made of metal.

A complete coconut nutshell with a wooden stopper on top and two holes through which goes a fibre string handle that has a metal nail pinned through it. The design consists of dotted cirles in a row on a horizontal white band in the middle of the coconut nutshell from which five equally spaced vertical bands with a zig zag pattern go up to a horizontal line near the top. The wood stopper has a row in the middle inlaid with side-by-side x-shapes of mother of pearl shell.

Vase-shaped water container covered in clay with bulb-shaped bottom and cylindrical neck. Red pigment band at bottom with triangular design above, also in red, on a black ground. The design is bordered by white glass beads; bamboo forms neck, and coconut shell forms base. Adhesive label on bottom.

Coconut shell container has bulb shape with an opening at its peak, and has a band of four parallel, horizontal lines with scallops below the band. Container has three darker ridges extending up the sides from the bottom centre. Leaf has been rolled into a cone to form stopper (part b).